Thesaurus: yearling
An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
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Definitions
- n. An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
- a. Being a year old.
- n. a young child who is just beginning to walk
- n. a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
- n. an animal in its second year
- An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses. Being a year old. "A yearling bullock to thy name small smoke." Pope.
- An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; --applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
- n:100 n. a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth n. an animal in its second year